The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-11-03
Matters in Old Mexico.
THE GOOD FRAY MARTIN VALENCIA, AND HIS
CAVE IN THE "SACRED MOUNTAIN" OF
AMECAMECA. \ WONDERFUL IMAGE OF THE
DEAD CHRIST. POLITICAL TROUBLES BREW
iNG BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE. MINIS
TER NhNSING'S Sl'(1ESSpR
Cnrresnondencc of the Jnurnn

Correspondence of the journal.
AMECAMECi. Mexico. Oct. 2lst. -. This
Old. old town, which was tiourishing at It's best
i century l,eforc Columbus discovered Ameri-
ca, increases II, interest on closer acquaint-
ancc. and The longer orc remains here, the
harder 1t becomes TO tear ones self away. Ira
diion> abound, and besides historical and arch
Toogical interest, halo of religious sentiment
pcrvades the place.
if'mediatclv back Of AmccaMcea. rising
from li.2 midst oi great green valley Of the
same nanie-a yeritahla sleepy Hollow, sur
| rounded By hills and oycr-shadowcd by tie
| twin volranoeS-raeS the Sacrc- Monte, like n
huge wari. several hundred feet above the
plain. ln lii, land of mountains, nearly every
city has It, Calrery. or Holy Ill., but next to
Guadalupe near the City of Mexico, this of
Alieca-Meca is most prominent III the religious
| history Of Mexico. The famous
lIAT MARTIN VALENCIA.
! ons u thc "ountry's twelve ai;ostlcs'-once
ilNt III cave, III the heart of ;c -;vrc- Monte.
The ln,iians. far an,! near. greatly loved this
good Father, and every year n,ncnse crowds
made Il pilgrimage to his rocky sanctuary Il
is related That the pous FRAY tanned the widest
animals of the adjacent heights, as well as the
| i!tile creatures Of the woods, that they all
came at his bidding, aud even lived with him in
| the cavern. The birds, too. knew the gentle
| Rather. and gathered in great numbers to sin.
their sweetest songs at the entrance to his
glooiny abode. He died at last, III village forty
! miles away. whittier he had gone on ail errand
of mercy: hit the Indians brought his bodv in
! solemn procession, TO the Sacred Mountain and
\ buried il III his raverli-iionle. which had row
4 become tie coianiNn Of a shrine
4 Within this dim little chamber i, a fcarfulIy
II realistic ina4e of the dead Christ whci,-so
: says iradiiion--wi> placed there by FRAY Mar
: tin himself. As carly as lj21. Another lcgciit
asserts that : I&Tf", tMeNican ,.onkey,l car
ryins llna@' to the cathedral at ruebls, broke
AWAY from Lis master and found his way TO
, ths cave. where he patiently waited for some
; Day. with tie dead Christ upon his back. Till
s., gather Martha came and unloaded him; and 80
Pie good FRAY believed that the mule was di-
ilneil sem 10 deposit the Image in this particu-
- ar shrine
= Like l.tr, near to Natures heart, whose uI-
: uitWatc.i minds are ike fallow ii Is, these
nlrlc people furnish excellent SUI for the
t DWlh Of super>tition>. A seed of it. once
s"n in their fertile iHaginations. speedily at
| ui'S suciI sturdy growth that nothing can up
not it. Doubtless such was the case with the
eLiz"ns Of Nazareth. Judca and Galilec some
| t,litccI centuries and half ago.
y fhe dead Christ above referred to Is certainly
anarveolis work. heins the lighest life-sizc
iiasc liz the world. for-though large as man
!W@I@l's scarcely Two pounds. 1t is believed
t"hav" hnfn lnadc % the pith of corn-stalks,
piparcd and cementei by some sort of gum
ifierFiois to the atmo>phe-e-luIt by whom
Il II a. made. or bv what mysterious process.
s II" urlh l".,ng knows.
! EVERY YEAR. DURING HOLY WEEK
i ,,,,, NJ:
n m :t,. ',r,' - ,'s "''nort fah'l y
-....'"'', W ~ ''''io ,"'- Instances on p'i-
\ t'i' >ii ne lhei iig 9a'Feu Image
! j. t'ei' "Hi II us DIM ct'Wnrfftn and brought
-, ~ ~; u .'i. "l,'thiiih' 10 nc cNh''lrd
y .' 'n, d I"' ..-St' N the Village , hurch: At
= ,,,, :, .'t1 "A> 'loitc every hoy week Tor
% ni,i = ual n inIee hih4rch afl l!ty Eears,l
= ',r. i"s;loh l'af HclhS performed III the
Il ,l'.'i'' IN >liaI 10 t'Ht al uhcf Ahhlergatl-
4 ,., ;i l, ~ we i' t'liie III m thitl
G i,pirS ~ ~ 'o'i iaa Mai'l ,lGad 'hflst re-
i ,'t''a IN ii> Shttna' III acc"f''illre with the
i;;,, W. ''!o i''",Hi iaI = .'l'n!''itihI re-
- ri 'iUi- "''' l"i 'i'i'''H2 priests hHhS,
roi - 'pH'.i =, ui"i' the S'fe'I' IN >Hreri"tal
% ioues'T N oihtf &arb prescribed 10y i,emsh
In =, A.,
,,,.. I ;'' ,,a: = me It',.lh "l !iiG sacred
ti o Us cN N'i'' SHRINE III me difhhe>S OF
~ iI''s ,Ii-H'--ui' tiie Mlhulli@ caii>."aN
, '','',,,,' ni'I"ta'n 'i''"h. 'fe signing pines.
n ",;,L t,, ~" =. :; '">' pio'e>s!oi' oi indiahs
I,.t -, tii>tN. ii'''H' h""A> anu AGO.
f:r,,; H., n 'i'H ic>i''u't ha"t9- must nave
L', " +i't.L"it i ~ >lr'nSe - FFail'a'm--
= in Nnyn '''''' '"''''''A' II" 'o''7ei 10 ne seen
A \ prea many ,yin,lin,, ,,,,h,,,,, ;,,o~,,,.t
,'t N'rit - ii''uhlaih' hesides the broad causc-
y a,',;,, MY W. anu mortar Wh,h ieanS 10 tlie
~ .a'' ti"'I "h t'e submit. -NoAt thl'
r'r.sn,,i, t"li i icr;f S.1l'oliS Oh l..e fos:
; io,,r. ','. ,li' i'''lI1'is OF our saviour
. ,u'' ~ '"' ihf cry. ieVout pilgrims make
-; H.; I, sctnt' over me fou-h stones, On
'f M =, iiith must AuGe pe pehai'e
: W In eN".i!' 'of We thon@h expert at
..i,,i l'iiI' round ourselves decidedly
'''''e,, "soinG up Oh 1901.
i''r'oi)l the ciilseway Is OF adobe clay,
"". ,;.I ",,r -, :, uS'hns oi pious nh@flmS nave
@ ''' " .ilsiei me cafih ana imprint there
No '''i ,,'i 'nti' OWL lalts ana iGcl. WIN
I'M ,o"1.,a,,. m lo>H upon mem ne cay
,I .,Ii'n' hl" my looks odd enough tatoocd with
,,"1 ,HploS> hiScrs ana toes. BESIDES tins
ti' nni ir'N o. tieit laiti' pilSrihi> are III
INT INC Htni. o! Angling htirs from their heads or
,"Ss ioi! u garments upon the branches OF
n"i S"'t 'Fec. 10 ensure 10 themselves good
M ,.,i; ir'sihS Inc route Ike fa@-plck-
p'i a'',Sc'
Ai,,e;''-Meeagot Its 'rst genuine shaking
r. ~ "..i u ~ 'ne Seal earthquake OF 1881. Even
.,H SAINTS "cftumbled out OF nltches where
ny h''i lcposa IN peace Tor centuries, and
lof several nouI the dreamy old town seemed
,Horo'Tiiy , NY, afoie, from its comatose condi-
','" hliii III last year plan has been set
on 1901 Which promises to transform this
nv; ~ iol'o" llit pace oi great commerclai
''"l'oi t"h'e' IL Eno less PROJECT thah
TIE TVNNEIING OF PopoCArIpEIL
!hiouSh ihc wall the crater directly to the
immense sulphur dpo>Its inside of the noun
';'lh' connecting thenouL of this tunnel with
efa-NeGi by narow-gauge railway, which,
III iurn, VIII conneG with the Morelos road
i'"aihS to !le national Capltal. considerable
amount OF money ha been subscribed for the
ehterprist' and the tine is at hand when the
mi%nty Monarch of Mexico shall have been
sacriieSlotsiy debasd TO sordld uses. Verify. |
lhiS Is an age OF PROFESS!
| ~ view OF the vale OF the sulphur deposits |
OF fopocatlpeti. 1t SENS incredible that they
nave not been more thoroughly worked. AT
present. oieliy Is tho principal source Of the
ing more than four-titis of an that is consume
NO Dr ,,,., , hn otposNs oi oid ioPo
Il n,".m ?.v.ei 'na 'p>e VI n'ti!' anu ol
at iaa.t ID, a. az, ga pe drought 10
ent -, ~ t,,a me- per
'en. i.iIn Jn1rpei tro ti't. ,i ,heeleillth:
,b,n aoo non tnn ,. aol'uuu ~ Mealco; more
fT";toJ St"to .on, 'lo & 'Ht".as ;f LILLY useu II, thc
t .,i,at, "',. .aei ~ eaeis n 'oii oi 1lo-
tha u.,,aI ,r WIZ "'a ~ per GENT below
broGtaftr aiIr; ele mot.u s,a pe oeal
thnr .,n", ''io~ ~ .,'s ~, " iieiSn.'se anu an
!, Fan 'o' - "0' '''' '"'' 'c' "o''"'s pei
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